Cream Of Red Pepper Soup

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 small onion, minced
• 1/8 teaspoon dried rosemary or 1/4 teaspoon crushed fresh rosemary leaf
• 4 red bell peppers, roasted, peeled, seeded and chopped
• 1 1/4 quarts vegetable stock
• 3 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• sweet paprika
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 melt butter in a large saucepan and saute onion and rosemary 5 min over low heat, stirring often.
• 2 add peppers and stock, bring to a boil, lower heat and simmer 15 minutes.
• 3 stir in tomato paste; place in food processor or blender; puree.
• 4 stir in 1/4 cup cream and paprika, salt and pepper.
• 5 ladle into 4 soup bowls and swirl 1 tbs of cream onto the surface of each; sprinkle cream lightly with paprika for a speckled effect.